A Directory of Apex Audio Amplifiers

Thanks.
Mile, do you approve the idea of bridging the A40 high power boards?
2 chips per channel.
I made 12, so I got enough.
Because you liked my sound some time ago, I made a video today with my other favorite amplifier.
It is made of garbage items. Discontinued by TVs and any appliances. I used a box of technic with arrows)))))
And for my new A40 I'll make new speakers with those Visaton.

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hi there i made A40 by following the schematic. pcb is my own design but i have some issues. offset pot is not working. there is constant high output DC which cannot be adjusted by offset pot. when pgnd is disconnected, there is about 1.5v. i connected the speaker and it gives output but 80% distorted. iam trying to figure out the issue but there is no improvement. i need help.
 
I don't know if this is the best place to post but I would like some advice/help with A40. I went ahead and ordered the PCB attached in the A40 build thread but it looks like there is a problem.

I have attached pictures of shorts on the front side.

I assume I should dremel away the top copper trace. (The gerber files in this thread have a top copper layer with one copper arc.) It looks like the amplifier will badly malfunction with the shorts to the bias trimmer and resistor.

Perhaps this post can serve as a warning to others regarding the gerbers in the A40 build thread. I hope that the amplifier works when assembled with these PCB after the dremel fix. The parts are fairly expensive for two of these boards so I hope the gerbers attached to this thread are good... If there are other problems with the gerbers I would appreciate a warning before I waste all the components and time assembling this.
 

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re you sure that in Apex A40 exactly bd139 should be on the radiator? They are in the mode of diodes... Maybe those mje340/350 that are connected to them in series
 

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